obama says black, i'm going to say white today. the campaign is bouncing around like a ping pong ball, being buffeted by winds. without a strong rudder, you move back and forth. i think that's what peggy noonan and everybody else is responding to. that there's -- we talk about there being no core about mitt romney, there's no strateenage uc core to the campaign. >> i would say a ping pong ball in a bathroom. you can hear the bing, bing, ping. and this explanation for why poll are showing he's trailing, that's tommy thompson. well, he's blaming romney -- watch this. >> the presidential thing is bound to have an impact in every election. you know, whether you're a democrat or republican. if you're -- if you're a standard bearer for the presidency, it's not doing well, it's going to reflect on the down ballot. >> let's go back to robert. you're close to the romney campaign. if t seems if you have a true believer at the top of the ticket people don't mind associating with that person. ronald reagan, an example of the true believer s. i